XP installed, now no sound

[diebzak]

I have an Acer x1700. I installed XP to get rid of Vista and now the sound and video are gone. It says there are "no devices." Can you please tell me what I need to download to get them back? Your help will be much appreciated.

[-modest-]

go to device manager and check if its missing drivers...

[diebzak]

Yes it is. i have actually cured that. now i find the "video controller (VGA compatible)" also has disappeared! (This is the description it gives in the device manager). I can play videos from my hard drive (taken on camera etc) and from the Internet, but not DVDs.

I tried download one from the Acer site, but they only have ones for Vista.

Any help you provide will be much appreciated.
Thank you!

[-modest-]

this kinda crap usually happens after down grading your system from vista to xp...

when i say crap... i mean... DRIVER *censored*!!!
ahhh!!!!!runaway!!!!

we in the buisness have so fourth nicnamed it diver *censored* and usually an alarm goes off in the building and we close shop for a week.

okay enough with the ridiculous stories and down with the *censored*..

dude all i think i can tell you here is keep finding the drivers for it as they disappear..
it sucks and its *censored*. but all techs will deal with it..

and if acer dont have it find other sites...

i could go searching if you like?

[JJ 3000]

Download Everest
http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

Install it then
Open it, click Computer, then Summary.
In upper menu, go Report>Quick Report-Summary
Save it in text file, and paste it in your next post.
Don't include anything under line Debug - PCI

[Kurtiskain]

For DVDs you will need to install a software decoder, because XP does not come with one by default.

I believe K-lite mega codec pack will do this for you.